Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley

Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of Rock And Roll music. Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter (usually as Ellas McDaniel), and inventor.5.0/5

Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), known professionally as Minnie Riperton, was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in 1979. They had two children: music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya Rudolph. Riperton grew up on Chicago's South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama, and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. In her teen years, she sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group, The Gems. Her early affiliation with the legendary Chicago-based Chess Records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971. In 1969 Riperton, along with Rotary Connection, played in the first Catholic Rock Mass at ...

This is a fair and clever summary of what happened between 1949 and 1954, when black and white musical traditions cross-educated each other, and then disc jockey Alan Freed popularized the phrase "Rock And Roll," which was black slang for having sex. Now along comes Rolling Stone magazine, huckstering a commercial myth to sell magazines, get advertising, and make a buck. Along the way, they falsify and simplify the history of America's music. The current issue, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the creation of rock 'n' roll and is stuffed with advertisements, declares that Elvis Presley invented the music. This is revisionist history as a marketing gimmick. No one person started rock 'n' roll. It was a black and white alloy of Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Ike Turner, Hank Williams, Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly - and Elvis Presley. Presley himself never claimed to have invented rock 'n' roll. He always talked ab ...

24 Feb 2014 13:54

Just finished watching Chuck Berry being documented. Telling his story as he revisits people & places of his past & present leading up to headlining a live concert with Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Etta James, Robert Craig, Julian Lennon, etc, that has left me breathless. Not to mention all the notables being interviewed over their own run-ins with him. They were as frank as he had to be. Bo Diddley, Little Richard, telling it like it is with payola, white folks, greed, sex. Jerry Lee Lewis having his say. The brawls between them. The docudrama was not pretty. As edgy as the blues. Fast as rock & roll. The real & true story behind it all. At times down right embarrassing. But a testament to a man who did not seem to lose his cool over it all. Even when he hit bottom & the bottom fell out. He in fact rose above it like a Phoenix from the ashes of his BLACK FEET to display a finesse, a charming affability, a confidence, a magnetic & shimmering glow about him I have only been able to personally see in one o ...

Today, in the history of Rock And Roll, December 25th: 1945: The Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding is born in Folkestone, England. 1958: Hugely influential DJ Alan Freed puts on his first "Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular" at Loews State Theatre in Manhattan, featuring, among others, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, The Moonglows, The Everly Brothers, Frankie Avalon and Johnnie Ray. 1959: An apprentice engineer from Liverpool named Richard Starkey, then already eighteen, gets his first real set of drums for Christmas (the young Starkey's family couldn't afford a proper set when he was a child). Later, he would become known as Ringo Starr. 1964: The U.S. Department of Labor decides not to grant any more work visas to British groups – a backlash from the so-called British Invasion and the fear these foreigners are hampering U.S. musician’s ability to make a living. The ruling is later dismissed. 1964: George Harrison's new girlfriend, model Pattie Boyd, is attacked by f ...

Little Richard is retiring. Chuck Berry,Bo Diddley,Elvis, Fats Domino,Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard are my Mount Rushmore of Rock And Roll. Rock around the clock is a killer song...Bill Haley does not make the cut. Little Richard had it all going on! He could sing like crazy, write and he could play piano really well...I am referring to him in the past tense. Richard is living...he just retired...this is so confusing... C'mon...have you ever watched or heard a Little Richard song and not smiled? Richard Penniman was a conflicted man. He was a man of God and quit playing Rock And Roll at the height of his fame. He had other Demons that he was forced to live with in secrecy because of the beliefs of our society in the 1950's.I hope this is getting better...this type of commentary is clearly out of my depth. I love Little Richard. I am going to miss him. I hope the road he paved makes it easier for those who came later. Now, make to the music! Rip it up,Good Golly miss Molly, Tutti Frutti, Lucille a ...

16 Nov 2013 23:19

Band I was given: Wilko Johnson Have I Seen him: I've been blessed and have DJed at many of his gigs at the 100 Club over the years. Would I like to see them reform - I would have loved to have seen the original line up of Dr Feelgood but seeing Wilko Johnson is an event in itself. Given his current predicament, I am pleased to have seen him recently and wish that the illness he is suffering would f**k right off. Favourite song - She Does It Right. It's just a great R&B record, It could have been Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley or John Lee Hooker. It was Wilko Johnson from Canvey Island and it f**kin' rocks with the best of those greats. "Like" this post and I'll give you a band.

25 Oct 2013 03:13

We went to see Rave On tonight - the Buddy Holly Story, at the Springer. What a nostalgia trip! As a kid I loved Doo *** music (think the Platters, Coasters and Dion and the Belmonts). The first rock & roll song I remember was Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" which came out around 1954. Next came Elvis and great guitar players like Bo Diddley, B.B. King, and Chuck Berry, making the move from rhythm and blues to rock. Rave On was a tribute to Buddy Holly, a major star who unfortunately was killed in a plane crash in 1959, along with the "Big Bopper." The first half of the show featured Buddy's great songs like "Peggy Sue," "That'll be the Day," and "Oh Boy." It was fun to see my friend Stan Edwards burning up the fiddle and my former Central High band student Kevin Vannoy belting out melodies on his tenor sax and harmonica. Listening to the steel guitar, I was transported back to some high school gym Homecoming where I awkwardly steered my date around the floor to "Sleep Walk" by Santo and Johnny. The ...

On This Day in Rock Histore! The Godfather of the Blues and creator of the Chicago Sound was born...William James "Willie" Dixon b. 1915 – d. January 29, 1992 One of THE key figures in the birth of Rock And Roll! writer of over 500 songs! performed by greats such as. Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulson, Memphis Slim, Otis Rush, Jimmy Rogers, Buddy Guy and more. Played Bass on all of Chuck Berry's early recordings including Maybelline! His mother, Daisy, was a great poet who often rhymed the things she said, which was a habit that Dixon soon adopted. The family of seven children lived behind the small restaurant that Daisy ran, which was next door to Curley’s Barrelhouse. Listening from the street, Dixon, then about eight years old, heard bluesmen Little Brother Montgomery and Charley Patton perform there, along with a variety of ragtime and Dixieland piano players. He became an admirer of the band t . ...

Chuck Berry's Alma mater made No:1 on the UK charts in 1972. Great fun tune Mary Whitehouse tried unsuccessfully to get the song banned.[2] "One teacher", Wh...

13 May 2013 04:14

Chess Records in Chicago was built on the music of African American blues artists (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Koko Taylor, Etta James, too many others to name here). Leonard Chess purchased the master of 'Susie-Q' assuming that Dale Hawkins was black. I have read several references quoting him saying to Dale when they first met, "You're white". To which Dale responded, "I know". If it's not a true story, it should be. Great song, and a fine artist who had more going for him than just one tune. Also one of James Burton's earliest guitar solos on record.

16 Feb 2013 19:01

Amazingly enough, Yoko Ono will turn 80 years of age on Monday. She's just one of the personalities associated with the first few decades of the rock culture who are getting very long in the tooth. Bill Haley would be 88. Chuck Berry is 86. Bo Diddley would be 84. The Big Bopper would be 82. Elvis Presley would be 78. Bill Wyman is 76. Buddy Holly would be 76. And Alan Freed, the disc jockey who is widely -- but wrongly -- credited with coining the term "Rock And Roll," would be 91. Another way of looking at it is that the oldest teenagers when the first rock recording hit the charts in 1953 -- "Crazy Man Crazy," by Bill Haley and the Comets -- are now almost 80.

15 Feb 2013 17:02

Mickey Baker MacHouston Baker was an American guitarist who is widely held to be a critical force in the bridging of rhythm and blues and Rock And Roll, (along with Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, and Chuck Berry). While Baker worked with and recorded with several artists throughout his career, his best work was considered his duo Mickey & Sylvia, which was inspired by Les Paul & Mary Ford. His guitar riffs were considered to be more bold and piercing than almost anything in the late 50's. The duo's hit "Love is Strange" featured his famous, bluesy guitar riffs. Throughout his career Baker also worked with The Drifters, Ray Charles, Ivory Joe Hunter, Big , Louis Jordan, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, Big Maybelle, and Ike & Tina Turner.

25 Jan 2013 01:08

The songs of Bo Diddley have been covered and recorded by artists such as the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Manfred Mann, the Kinks, the Yardbirds, Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Doors, Tom Rush, and Bob Seger, (among others). He is a pop music icon of enormous influence. Diddley’s custom-made rectangular guitar, and his playing style, complete with distorted amplification, became a trademark by the mid 1950’s. He was born in McComb, Mississippi, in 1928. Ellas McDaniel, also known as Bo, received his nickname from his early years as a boxer. He played the blues clubs of Chicago, Illinois, in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Diddley’s early legendary recordings were made for the Chess label. His collection of hits include "Who Do You Love," "Hey! Bo Diddley," "Pretty Thing," and "Hush Your Mouth." Bo played on several Chuck Berry classics including "Memphis, Tennessee," and "Sweet Little Rock N’ Roller." Diddley’s 1959 "Say Man" was a rap styled dialogue 20 years ahead of its time. In 1962, he perf ...

Hipbone Slim and the Kneetremblers "Britain's best kept secret" - Maximum Rock 'n' Roll Hipbone Slim and the Kneetremblers play proper rock n roll! Their set features a mixture of rock n roll, rockabilly, surf, rhythm n blues, beat and garage. The band is led by the ubiquitous Sir Bald Diddley on guitar and lead vocals. Sir Bald has been described as 'Britain's string king' in reference to his wild and fiery guitar style, influenced by Bo Diddley, Link Wray, Chuck Berry, *** Dale and the like, and 'Ricky Nelson gone very wrong' with regards to his singing! He is a man with over 500 song writing credits to his name and some very precarious stage antics, including the infamous 'P-Bug' which involves much rolling around on the floor during guitar solos! Sir Bald first came to prominence as Europe's leading light in the surf revival of the 90's. He has been playing, writing and recording in a plethora of bands ever since. Bruce 'Bash' Brand (drums) is a cult hero to legions of garage, punk, beat and rock 'n' ...

09 Jan 2013 02:49

Dancing around the kitchen with my little girl to the music that my daddy played when I was little sure is a great cheer up. Thanks Aretha, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bill Hailey, The Every Brothers, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee, The Shirelles, and oh so, so, so many more.

On this day, 1995, Legendary manager of Led Zeppelin Peter Grant died from a heart attack aged 60. Known as being one of the shrewdest and most ruthless managers in rock history, Grant secured 90% of concert gate money and intimidated record store owners who dealt in bootlegs. The former wrestler, also worked as a film extra and bodyguard. During the early 60’s Grant worked as a tour manager for Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent and The Animals.

Bill HaleyBill Haley is the neglected hero of early rock & roll. Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly are ensconced in the heavens, transformed into veritable constellations in the rock music firmament, their music respected by writers and scholars as well as the record-buying public, virtually every note of music they ever recorded theoretically eligible for release. And among the living rock & roll pioneers, Chuck Berry is given his due in the music marketplace and by the history books, and Bo Diddley is acknowledged appropriately in the latter, even if his music doesn't sell the way it should. Yet Bill Haley -- who was there before any of them, playing rock & roll before it even had a name, and selling it in sufficient quantities out of a small Pennsylvania label to attract attention from the major labels before Presley was even recording in Memphis -- is barely represented by more than a dozen of his early singles, and recognized by the average listener for exactly two songs among the hundreds that he recor ...

27 Oct 2012 01:21

Want to hear some more of my drivel? Daddy worked at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in Nashville. People often left things in their rooms and if Daddy could cadge them, he would bring them home to us. One time he hit a treasure trove. Came home with beau coups of "race records". Laverne Baker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Fats Domino. Woo Hoo! Played them at our little neighborhood "dance parties". As I recall, the group consisted of the Witt boys, Johnson kids, us and the kids who came and went on "renter's row". Mama would serve snacks and one time she served apple cider that had turned into Apple Jack (unbenownst to her), since I hated cider, I wasn't affected. But some of the teenage and pre-teenage attendees were. Memories. A pleasant place to visit now and then.

21 Oct 2012 14:46

Today is Celebration Of The Mind Day & World Toy Camera Day. Kim Kardashian is 31, Judge Judy Sheindlin is 69, Carrie Fisher (princess Leia on Star Wars) is 55, Alfred Nobel (swedish dynamite inventer, established the nobel peace prize) 1833-1896. 1972 My Ding-A-Ling by Chuck Berry was 1921 Pres. Warren G. Harding delivers the 1st speech by a sitting president against lynching in the deep south. 1973 John Paul Getty III 's ear is cut off by his kidnappers & sent to a newspaper in Rome, it doesnt arrive til Nov 8th. 1973 Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes 1st player in NFL history to score 2 safeties in same game. 2004 Bo Diddley postpones a concert in California to have a toe amputated due to complications from diabetes.

21 Oct 2012 06:52

This flavorful rockumentary traces the development of rock 'n' roll during the 1950's through an incredible compilation of film footage and performances by Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Bill Haley and the Comets.

RIP *** Clark 1929-2012. Great guy whom was solely responsible for making a home for Rock N Roll way back in the 50s with American Bandstand; showcasing musicians such as Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly & Chuck Berry to name a few. "Hail Hail Rock N Roll!"

I'm very proud to say that I was blessed to have played many, many shows from 1980 through the late 1990's as a member of "The Brother John Band" for *** Clark backing up both Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.

17 Apr 2012 12:21

This is my old boss in the middle Little Richard, The king of rock & roll, The man who got me started in the music business. To the left of him is Chuck Berry and to the right of him is Bo Diddley.

13 Apr 2012 12:37

In 1962, Keith Richards, an 18-year old guitar enthusiast and a big Chuck Berry fan who, at the time, knew how to play most of his solos, writes his aunt about how he met a friend who he knew from elementary school, called *** Jagger: "Oh but my dear I have been so busy since Christmas beside working at school. You know I was keen on Chuck Berry and I thought I was the only fan for miles but one mornin' on Dartford Stn. (that's so I don't have to write a long word like station) I was holding one of Chuck's records when a guy I knew at primary school 7-11 yrs y'know came up to me. He's got every record Chuck Berry ever made and all his mates have too, they are all rhythm and blues fans, real R&B I mean (not this Dinah Shore, Brook Benton crap) Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Chuck, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker all the Chicago bluesmen real lowdown stuff, marvelous. Bo Diddley he's another great. Anyways the guy on the station, he is called *** Jagger and all the chicks and the boys meet every Saturday morning . ...